Donald Trump States He Is Not Contemplating Sending Long-Range Missiles to Kyiv.

FormerPresident Trump stated this past Sunday that he is not really planning sending Ukrainian forces with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles. When questioned by a reporter on his plane, he responded, “No, not at the moment.” Recent accounts had indicated the Pentagon told the White House that American stockpiles of Tomahawks were ample to allow such a transfer.

Ukraine's Military Efforts Persist Without Weapon Shortage

Although Ukraine has been requesting Tomahawk missiles to execute far-reaching attacks against Russian targets, it has still succeeded to conduct a successful campaign using its own drones and rockets against Moscow's military and strategic objectives, including fuel storage facilities and processing plants. This past Sunday, a Ukrainian drone attack hit the Tuapse oil port on the Black Sea, igniting a fire and harming two vessels, as stated by Russian authorities. Nearby airfields in the area also had to be shut down.

Turkish Oil Plants Shift to Alternative Oil Supplies

Turkey's largest oil refining facilities are boosting purchases of alternative crude in reaction to the latest western restrictions on Moscow, according to market insiders. Turkey is a significant buyer of oil from Russia, together with China and India, but processing companies are mirroring India's example in reducing supplies.

STAR Plant Expands Oil Sources

A major Turkey's refineries, SOCAR Turkey Aegean Refinery (STAR), owned by Azerbaijani company SOCAR, has recently acquired multiple shipments of crude from Iraq, Kazakhstan, and other non-Russian suppliers for year-end arrival, as per insiders. This amount to approximately tens of thousands of barrels daily of non-Russian crude, varying by cargo size. In contrast, oil from Russia accounted for nearly all of the STAR refinery's crude intake in recent months, totaling approximately 210,000 barrels per day, based on trade data. SOCAR refused to comment.

Tupras Likewise Boosting Alternative Buys

The other major Turkish oil processor – Tupras refinery – was additionally raising acquisitions of non-Russian types of crude, as stated by multiple insiders. The company was also expected to soon entirely eliminate imports from Russia at a key facility of its two major Turkish refineries to maintain petroleum exports to Europe without violating the European Union's upcoming sanctions. The refiner declined to comment to a request for comment.

Ukrainian Deploys Elite Units to Pokrovsk

Kyiv has deployed elite troops to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Moscow's assault comprising a large number of soldiers, as stated by Ukraine's top commander. The city, dubbed “the gateway to Donetsk,” lies on a key supply route for the Ukrainian army and has been under Moscow’s sights for more than a year as Russia pushes to control the entire eastern Donetsk region.

Latest Developments in Pokrovsk

At least two hundred Moscow's soldiers had penetrated the city's defensive lines, Kyiv reported last week, while military experts assessed that others were closing in on its perimeter in a encircling movement. In his evening speech on this past Sunday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the combat in Pokrovsk and “successes in the elimination of the occupiers.”

Ukrainian President Announces Enhanced Air Defense Network

The president, who has been pushing his partners for additional air defense systems to hold off Russia’s attacks, announced on this past Sunday that Ukraine had reinforced its air-defence capabilities with Berlin's assistance. “We have strengthened the Patriot element of our Ukrainian air defence,” he declared, mentioning the sophisticated U.S.-made defense systems. Not offering further details, the Ukrainian president singled out Germany and its leader, the German chancellor, for gratitude.

Moscow's Attacks Claim Innocents, Cut Power

Russian unmanned aircraft and missiles fired at Ukrainian territory took the lives of no fewer than six people, including two minors, and cut power to tens of thousands of households, officials said on Sunday. Moscow's military struck the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, said the representatives of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. The victims were male minors of ages 11 and fourteen, said Ukraine’s ombudsman. The strikes cut power to the whole east Donetsk region as well as almost 58,000 households in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, their governors said. Ukraine’s Eastern army group said a number of its members were killed in a particular of the enemy attacks on Dnipropetrovsk.